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Garry Shandling Talks The King of Comedy's Influence on Larry Sanders at the First Annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival

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Garry Shandling
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This week, at the former Silent Movie Theater on L.A.'s Fairfax Avenue, the Cinefamily film collective is hosting the First Annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival, three consecutive nights of some of the funniest people in comedy introducing their favorite films, including many little-seen comedy greats. On this, the opening night, an actual certified legend to comedy nerds everywhere, Garry Shandling, would be on hand to show Scorsese’s dark comedy masterpiece about talk shows and the stalkers who love them, The King of Comedy.

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